NEW YORK – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Financial Services Practice with the addition of Kathleen H. Moriarty as a New York-based partner in its Financial Services Practice. Ms. Moriarty is the second partner to join the Firm’s Financial Services Practice this month. Earlier this month, Janet Angstadt, former General Counsel of NYSE Arca, joined Katten’s Chicago office.

Prior to joining Katten, Ms. Moriarty, 53, spent 10 years as a partner in the New York office of Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP. She focuses her practice on investment company matters, particularly in connection with exchange traded funds (ETFs). Ms. Moriarty was heavily involved in the creation of the SPDR Trust, and she represents clients in the establishment of other U.S. ETFs, including ProShares, SSgA and Vanguard. She has also participated in ETF projects around the world, such as assisting the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong with the structure and creation of the Hong Kong Tracker Fund and representing the American Stock Exchange in connection with the cross-listing of DIAMONDS on the Singapore Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam. Most recently, Ms. Moriarty represented Turkish asset management company, Finans Portfoy Yonetimi A.S. as licensee of the Dow Jones Turkey Titans Index, in connection with the establishment of the Dow Jones Istanbul 20 ETF.

Ms. Moriarty regularly advises foreign entities and delegations from both public and private sectors with respect to the regulation and operation of U.S. ETFs. She has also represented a variety of market participants in connection with the creation and development of other exchange traded vehicles, such as the streetTRACKS GOLD TRUST.

Ms. Moriarty received her A.B. from Smith College and her J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School. She is a member of the New York Bar as well as the American Bar Association and serves on the Federal Regulation of Securities Sub-Committee in Investment Companies and Investment Advisors and the Regulation of Futures and Derivatives Committee. Ms. Moriarty is also a member of the Women’s Investment Management Forum and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Indexes.

Katten’s Financial Services Practice represents a large number of the world’s premier hedge funds and money managers, major investment and commercial banks, leading firms and insurance companies, and several international exchanges. The Firm’s more than 60 financial services attorneys regularly address the latest innovations in financial products and business strategy and the latest changes in the regulatory environment. This depth of experience with both institutional users of the markets and financial intermediaries allows the Firm’s financial services attorneys to provide creative ideas while being responsive to the practical and economic needs of its clients.